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253494 to 253499. iSetaria italica (L.) Beauv. Poaceae. 



Foxtail millet 



From India and Afghanistan. Selections made at the Regional Plant Intro- 

 duction Station, Ames, Iowa. Numbered Nov. 6, 1958. 



From mixtures received in 1951 and 1954. 



253494. Selection from P. 1. 198153, from India, 1951. 



253495. Selection from P. I. 220024, from Afghanistan, 1954. 



253496. Selection from P. I. 220392, from Afghanistan, 1954. 



253497. Selection from P. I. 220535, from Afghanistan, 1954. 



253498. Selection from P. I. 220536, from Afghanistan, 1954. 



253499. Selection from P. I. 220812, from Afghanistan, 1954. 



253500. Cucumis sativtjs L. Cucurbitaceae. Cucumber* 



From Pakistan. Seeds presented by the Military Assistance Advisory Group, 

 Army Training Mission, Pakistan. Received Nov. 6, 1958. 



'Kabul'. Grown around Jalalabad, Afghanistan. 



253501 to 253585. 



From Europe and Asia. Seeds collected by P. F. Knowles, collaborator, New 

 Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 Nov. 6, 1958. 



Localities given are places where collected. 



253501. Avena sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. K1990. Nazareth-Tiberias highway, 4.1 km. east of Golam inter- 

 section, Israel. Heads may be resistant to shattering. 



253502. Beachypodium sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. K1957. Below Hadassa Hospital, west of Jerusalem, Israel. 



253503. Beachypodium phoenicoides (L.) Roem. & Schult. 



Col. No. K2081. Twenty km. southwest of Teruel, Spain. Plants to eight 

 dm. high ; abundant. 



253504. Bbomus maceostachys Desf. Poaceae. Mediterranean brome. 

 Col. No. K1951. Isoova, Israel. 



253505. Beomtts scopaeis L. 



Col. No. K1964. Nir Am, Israel. 

 253506 to 253509. Caethamus lanatus L. Asteraceae. 



253506. Col. No. K2115. North of Seville, Spain, Merida road. 



253507. Col. No. K2116. Forty-nine km. east of Beja, Portugal. 



253508. Col. No. K2117. Ten km. north of Ferreira do Alentejo, Portugal. 



253509. Col. No. K2121. Estacao Agronomica Nacional, Sacavem, Portugal. 

 253510 to 253571. Caethamus tinctoeius L. Safflower. 



253510 to 252517. From Germany botanic gardens. 



253510. Col. No. K2122. Kassel, Bosetr. 



253511. Col. No. K2123. Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz. 



253512. Col. No. K2124. Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena. 



253513. Col. No. K2125. Eberswalde. 



253514. Col. No. K2126. Marburg/L. 



253515. Col. No. K2127. Technical High School, Dresden. 



253516. Col. No. K2128. Wurzburg. 



253517. Col. No. K2129. Klagenfurt. 

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